Natthakan Chantham
Thai cricketer (born 1996)
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Natthakan Chantham (Thai: ณัฏฐกานต์ จันทร์ธรรม Thai pronunciation: [nát.tʰa.kāːn tɕān.tʰām]; na-ta-KAHN chan-TAHM,[3][4] born 1 January 1996) is a Thai cricketer, who plays for the women's national cricket team as a right-handed opening batter.[5]
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Chiang Mai,[1] Thailand
Chantham batting for Thailand during the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | 1 January 1996 Chiang Mai,[1] Thailand | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Jeans[2] | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium-fast | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Batter | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| ODI debut (cap 3) | 20 November 2022 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last ODI | 7 July 2023 v Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||||||
| T20I debut (cap 3) | 3 June 2018 v Pakistan | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last T20I | 26 November 2025 v Uganda | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020 | Trailblazers | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022 | Velocity | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 26 November 2025 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
International career
She played for the Thailand women's national cricket team in the 2017 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in February 2017.[6]
In June 2018, she was named in Thailand's squad for the 2018 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament.[7] She made her Women's Twenty20 International (WT20I) debut for Thailand on 3 June 2018, in the 2018 Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.[8] In November 2018, she was named in the Women's Global Development Squad, to play fixtures against Women's Big Bash League (WBBL) clubs.[9]
In August 2019, she was named in Thailand's squad for the 2019 ICC Women's World Twenty20 Qualifier tournament in Scotland.[10] In January 2020, she was named in Thailand's squad for the 2020 ICC Women's T20 World Cup in Australia.[11] She was the leading run-scorer for Thailand in the tournament, with 103 runs in four matches.[12] In Thailand's last match of the tournament, against Pakistan, she scored 56 to register her country’s first Women’s T20 World Cup half-century, and shared in an opening partnership of 93 with Nattaya Boochatham.[13][14]
In November 2020, Chantham was nominated for the ICC Women's Associate Cricketer of the Decade award.[15]
Chantham scored consecutive centuries (113 and 120) against the South Africa Emerging side in September 2021, during her team's tour of Zimbabwe and South Africa.[16] In November 2021, she was named in Thailand's team for the 2021 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier tournament in Zimbabwe.[17] She played in Thailand's first match of the tournament, on 21 November 2021 against Zimbabwe.[18]
In October 2022, she played for Thailand in Women's Twenty20 Asia Cup.[citation needed]
On 20 November 2022, she scored her maiden Women's One Day International century, making 102 against the Netherlands.[19][20][21]
Chantham was part of the Thailand squad for the 2025 Women's Cricket World Cup Qualifier in Pakistan in April 2025.[22]
Franchise career
In October 2020, she was selected to play for the IPL Trailblazers in the 2020 Women's T20 Challenge league,[23] becoming the first Thai cricketer to play in a professional Twenty20 franchise league.[24] In the tournament final, she played a prominent role in the Trailblazers' victory, by diving spectacularly to save a boundary by Jemimah Rodrigues, and then by taking a breakthrough catch in the covers to dismiss Rodrigues off the bowling of Deepti Sharma.[25]
